Door apparatus



pril 17, 1956 3 c ECKEL 2,74185 DOOR APPARATUS Filed Oct. 18, 1952 UnredStates Patent C) DOOR APPARATUS Oiiver C. Eckel, Boxborough, Mass.Applicaion October 18, 1952, Serial No. 315,505

6 Claims. (C1. 20-16) This invention relates to a swinging door.

One object of my invention is to provide a swingin door with a doormount spaced from the door jamb and with a flexible, sealing member inthe clea.rance space between the door mount and the jamb.

Another object of my invent10n is to provide said door mou.nt in twoparts, spaced apart at one end to permit enrtance of a sealing mernber,which is retained between said parts and a pivot member.

A further object is to provide such a door with a door mount that issimple to install, economical to manufacture, and eliminates the usualmetal hinges and pins.

'Ihe foregoing and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, may be accornplished by a construction,combination and arrange ment of parts such as is disclosed by thedrawings. The nature of the invention is such as to render itsusceptible to various changes and modificatons, and therefore, I am notto be limited to the construction disclosed by the drawings 1101 to theparticular parts described in the speci fication; but an1 entitled toall such changes therefrom as fall within the scope of my claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevational view of my swinging doorattached to a jamb, being shown breken away at intermediate and sideportions thereof.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure1.

As illustrated, a pivot bearing 10, having a.n opening 12 therethrough,is shown attached to a door jamb or frame J by screws 14. It is shown inone piece, but could be formed in two halves, split vertically inposition of use.

These pivot bearings 10 may be located at an upper portion and at alower porion of the door, and if the door is large there may be one ormore located intermediate said upper and lower portions.

Attached to the back surface of the main body 16 of the door is a doormount 18. It has a straight attaching portion 20 and a retaining endportion 22 that is arcuate shaped, as shown. Another door mount 24 isattached to the front surface of said main body 16 and has a straightattaching portion 26 and an end or arcuate por tion 27 which extendstowards said arcuate portion 22, the two portons being spaced apart asat 28. Screws 29 extend into said attaching portions 20 and 26 andthrough the main body 16 of the door, thus firmly holding the doormounts 18 and 24 to the door body 16. Said mounts 18 and 24 and the doorbody 16 have cut-outs 30 at the upper and lower portions to clear thepivot bearings 10. Said mounts are made of relatively firm material,such as inch steel, or aluminum, or plastic.

A pivot rnernber 32 in the form of a pipe extends through said pivothearing opening 12 and between said door mounts 18 and 24, thuspermitting the door to swing freely. Counter-sunk screws 34 pass throughsaid attaching portions 20 and 26 and screw-threadedly connect with saidpivot member 32, thus holding the door to the latter.

A wiper or sealing member 36 is made of a flexible materie], such asrubber, rubber composition or plastic and usually extends the fullheight of the door. It has a fin or sealing portion 38 that normallycontacts said jamb J at one extremity and extends through the space 28between said door mount arcuate portions 22 and 27. It also extends inopposite directions from said sealing portion 38 in the form of anarcuate, holding portion 40 which is shown integral with said sealingportion 38. It is firmly held between said pivot member 32 and said doormount arcuate portions 22 and 27, tapering in thickness at both free endportions and terminating before reaching said screws 34. This holdingportion 40 is thus held firmly in position as the door is swung open andclosed, while said sealing portion 38 seals the clearance space betweenthe door mounts and said jamb J.

What I claim is:

1. Door apparatus in combination with a pivot member, said apparatuscomprisng a door body, two door mounts each embodying an attachingportion for attach ment to said body and an arcuate portion extendingfrom said attaching portion towards each other and terminating atadjacent spaced apart points, means attaching said attaching portions tosaid door body, said arcuate portions being outside of and adjacent saidpivot member, and a sealing member outside said arcuate portions andextending through and beyond said space at both sides of the latter andbetween a portion of said pivot member and said arcuate portions, andmeans holding said arcuate portions to said pivot member beyond saidsealing member.

2. Door apparatus in combination with a pivot member, said apparatuscomprising a door body, two door mounts each embodying an attachingportion for attach ment to said body and an end portion extending fromsaid attaehing portion towards each other and termnating at adjacentspaced apart points, means attaching said attaching portions to saiddoor body, said end portions being outside of and adjacent said pivotmember, and a sealing mernber outside said end portions and extendingthrough said space and between a portion of said pivot member and saidend portions and tapering in hickness towards said door body, and meansholding said arcuate portions to said pivot member adjacent the endextremities of said sealing member.

3. Door apparatus in combination with a door jarnb to support saidapparatus, a pivot hearing attached to said door jamb having an openingtherethrough, a door body, two door mounts each embodying an attachingportion attached to said body and an end portion extending from saidattaching portion towards each other and terminating at adjacent spacedapart points, a pivot member extending into said pivot bearing openingand between said door mounts, means attaching said door mounts to saidpivot rnember, and a sealing member embodying a flexible seal ingportion outside said end portions in contact with said jam and extendingthrough said space and a holding portion extendng from said sealingportion in opposite directions between said door mounts and said pivotmem ber and being held firmly therebetween.

4. Door apparatus in combination with a door jarnb o support saidapparatus, a pivot hearing attached to said door jamb having an openingtherethrough, a door body, two door mounts each embodying an attachingporton attached to said body and an arcuate, end portion extending fromsaid attaching portion towards and adjacent each other and terminatingat adjacent spaced apart points, a pivot member extending into saidpivot bearing opening and between said door mounts, means attaching saiddoor mounts to said pivot member, and a sealing member embodying afiexible sealing portion outside said arcuate, end portions in contactwith said jan1b and extendng through said space and an arcuate, holdingpor- 3 tion extendng from said sealing portion in opposte directionsbetween said door mounts and said pvot mem.- ber and beng held firmlytherebetween.

5. Door apparatus comprsing 2. door b0dy, two door mounts, a pvot memberand two pivot bearings for attachment o a door frame at points spacedapart and each having an opening therein, said pivot member exending ntosaid openings, and beyond said two pvot bearings in a drection betweenthe Iatter, each said door mount cmbodying an attaching porticm.attached o oppose sdes of said body and a retaning porion extendinglaterally from said ttachng porton beyund said body and in contact withsaid pivof member, said pivat member extendng between said two retainingportons of each said door mount, and pin m eans extendng into said retaining portons and into the main body portion of said pivot member.

6. Door apparatus for us e wit}; a door frame, said door apparatuscomprsng a door body, two door mounts, a pivot member, and two p ivotbearngs for attachment to said frame at points spaced apart and adapte.dto exend laterally away from said frame and opposte said door body andmounts, each said pivot hearing having an opening theren, said pvotmember movably extending nto said openings, and beyond said two pivotbearngs, in a direction between the latter, each said door mont embodyngan attachng porton attached tc opposite sides of said body and aretainng por tion extendng laterally from said attaching portion beyondsaid body and partly around said pv0t member, said pivot memberextending between said two retainng porti0ns of each said door mount andmeans fixedly attachng said retaim'ng porons drecfly to he main body fsaid pivot mamber.

References Cited in the file of ths patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,133199 Kammerer Oct. 11, 1938 2184,259 Seaman Dec. 19, 1939 2,35G,981Bescherer June 13, 1944

